# Wintry Weather Lifts Natural-Gas Prices  - WSJ

> A winter storm across the Northeast and forecasts for a frigid February pushed U.S. natural gas futures up 11.1% to $2.85/MMBtu. The price was 57% above a year earlier but still about 15% below the level at the start of the heating season.

- Date: 2021-02-01 · published 2021-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48840-wintry-weather-lifts-natural-gas-prices-wsj
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger heating demand lifts U.S. natural gas costs, which raises input costs for nitrogen fertilizer and ethanol production and can support DDGS prices.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-05-17 | [Natural Gas Prices Jump On Warmer Weather \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47270-natural-gas-prices-jump-on-warmer-weather-oilprice-com.md) | -2.8% | +13.6% |
| NATGAS | 2018-11-06 | [Natural gas prices surge on surprise forecast for cold US weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6487-natural-gas-prices-surge-on-surprise-forecast-for-cold-us-weather.md) | +9.1% | +24.8% |
| NATGAS | 2018-12-04 | [Weather, low storage, drive up the price of natural gas \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61742-weather-low-storage-drive-up-the-price-of-natural-gas-ap-news.md) | +4.0% | -29.0% |
| NATGAS | 2025-02-11 | [Nat-Gas Prices Supported by Colder US Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8696-nat-gas-prices-supported-by-colder-us-weather.md) | +46.3% | +30.3% |
| NATGAS | 2016-05-31 | [Natural Gas ETFs Heat Up on Warmer Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7636-natural-gas-etfs-heat-up-on-warmer-weather.md) | +22.1% | +40.5% |

## Sources

- wsj.com: https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/wintry-weather-lifts-natural-gas-prices-11612190731

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